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Dishwalla is a post-grunge alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. They are made up of band members Jim Wood (keyboards), Rodney Browning Cravens (guitars), J.R. Richards (vocals, guitar, and keyboards), Pete ‘Cash’ Maloney (drums, percussion) and Scot Alexander (bass). George Pendergast played drums for the band until 1998, and was replaced by Pete Maloney.

The band’s name comes from Hindi, for a person who uses illegal equipment to descramble a satellite signal and share it with their neighborhood.

In 1996, the single “Counting Blue Cars” from the album Pet Your Friends climbed the charts and was much-played on the airwaves, bringing the band a short round of mainstream-scale success. The track earned them a Billboard Award for “Best Rock Song” for 1996 as well as two ASCAP Awards for “Rock Track Of The Year” in both 1996 and 1997. Their 1998 follow-up album, And You Think You Know What Life’s About, failed to sustain the level of popularity achieved by “Counting Blue Cars”. (Partially responsible for the situation was Universal’s 1998 purchase and dissolution of A&M/Polygram, the label that produced the two albums.) The group is remembered by most as a one-hit wonder.

Dishwalla have since made a handful of other ventures into the limelight.

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2	Angels or Devils full track	930
3	Every Little Thing full track	707
4	Somewhere in the Middle full track	614
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6	Candleburn full track	552
7	Policy Of Truth full track	347
8	Until I Wake Up full track	317
9	Charlie Brown's Parents full track	273
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14	Give full track	195
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Uniontrade wrote:
Sunday morning

little words, I hate dishwalla romantic side....Pet your friends is far the best effort for me ....offcorse.

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Uniontrade wrote:
Sunday morning

Counting blue cars, Haze, Charlie brown parents, Give, Until I wake up, Mad life....is a exaple the dishwalla post-grunge side....every little thing is a example of so romantic side....I have take the rock songs and have delete the rest

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smahlt wrote:
last week

Moisture is a fucking kickass song.

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Tanyatka wrote:
15 days ago

i adore this band !!

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ullenie wrote:
18 days ago

Interesting band........

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Sal-ival wrote:
last month

omg! can't believe mad life isn't in the top tracks

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belvidotti wrote:
last month

somewhere in the middle >>> I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!

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tyrant_sy wrote:
September 2009

this is a good one ..

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Jetboyjames wrote:
August 2009

charmed

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atlanticepic wrote:
August 2009

every little thing you wanted is amazing. can't believe I forgot how dishwalla made up almost 1/2 of my highschool years

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Blackberry- wrote:
August 2009

AmazinG BANDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

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malarea3 wrote:
July 2009

collide...is the best...

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gilmoreboyrj wrote:
June 2009

I just want to know how could it take me so long to get in love with the band. They are awesome. :)

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luvausten wrote:
June 2009

Love all of their music, Far Away is my most played!

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negblanc wrote:
June 2009

If you like this band, you should like this group : http://www.last.fm/group/Discoverockult

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DarkMyEyes wrote:
June 2009

* Every Little Thing * <3 !

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yellowstar2000 wrote:
May 2009

LOVE dishwalla! not only are they a great band, but have hearts of gold to go with the platinum record sales :)

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andrezacullen wrote:
May 2009

the best!

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Uniontrade wrote:
May 2009

Pet your friends is the best album far, opaline is so romantic.

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masterbloob wrote:
May 2009

Its all about Collide... So good.

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